On 18 Feb 2008 08:38:41 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (R.S.) wrote: >I read about it approx. 5 years ago, so it's not new for me. >I understand why multiple passes are better than single pass, but still >have no aswer how many times is good enough. Otherwise someone (official >entity) could say "999 times". Or 9999 times. Or 99999 times. Everyone >would agree the more is the better - from security point of view. >So, should we overwrite 15 times or 999 times ? Please *justify* your >answer. <vbg>
How much slop needs to be covered up with rewrites would depend upon the particular disk drive. So there won't be a single answer that is barely sufficient for one drive and barely sufficient for another drive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
